B.C. Liberals win another majority

For the first time in 26 years, B.C. has a premier who has won three consecutive terms

Gordon Campbell’s Liberals have clinched yet another majority government, while a referendum on a new STV voting system failed.

CTV called the election less than an hour after polls closed, handing the Liberals their third election win in a row.

After early results had the Liberals and New Democrats running neck and neck – the very first results actually showed an NDP lead – Mr. Campbell’s party had opened up a wide lead with about half the polls reporting. The Liberals were leading in 48 ridings, while the NDP were leading in 37 and the Green Party in none. A party needs 43 seats for a majority in B.C.

Source: www.theglobeandmail.com/…

V.c » Apparently you people didn’t take my advice to go crazy and vote in the Green Party. Surprise, surprise. But nice work people, way to vote in Gordo and his Conservatives in Liberal clothing who want to sell our rivers to private companies. I know the NDP were an uninspiring alternative but could we not have at least voted in a couple Green candidates somewhere in this province?

As for the STV referendum, it is not surprising that failed again? It is a really convoluted solution that makes no sense for anybody. My issue with the first-past-the-post electing method that we currently use is that it doesn’t give us a real say in electing the leader of the province and I want a democratic voice in who the leader of our province is because the real power lies in the hands of the party leader and not the MLAs who just do the bidding of the leader. I propose that we have a voting system that allows us to vote for our MLA and the party leaders; and the party leaders should not run in any specific riding. (Doesn’t the leader have more important things to do than deal with constituent-level issues anyways?)